10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Short Answers) chapter-9 (Bholi)(K. A. Abbas)

 

Bholi


Important questions for board examination


Q) What do you know about sulekha (Bholi) from the text ?

Ans) Sulekha was the youngest girl of Numberdar Ramlal. She was ten months old she had fallen off the cot on her head and some part of her brain was damaged. She remained a backward child and came to be known as bholi. When she was two years old she had an attack of smallpox. Her entire body was disfigured by black pock-marks. She could not speak till she was five, that too with stammering. Other children made fun of her.

Q) Give the details of Ramlal’s family.

Ans) Ramlal was a Numberdar. He had seven children - three boys and four girls. It was a prosperous farmer family and there was plenty to eat and drink. All the children were healthy and strong except Bholi. She was a backward child.

Q) Why did the tehsildar  come to Ramlal’s village? What did he ask Ramlal to do?

Ans) Tehsildar came to Ramlal's village to inaugurate a girls primary school. He asked Ramlal that you were a government servant. You should send your girls to the school to set an example for others.

Q) Who was Lakshmi? What had happened to her that terrified Bholi and why?

Ans) Lakshmi was the cow of Bholi's family. When she grew old she was turned out of the house and sold. Bholi thought that she might be treated in the similar manner. She was terrified when her father tried to take her to the school.

Q) Bishamber Nath refused to marry Bholi. Later, he agreed to do so. Why?

Ans) During the marriage process Bishamber Nath saw the pock marks on the face of Bholi when someone pulled her veil back from her head. On seeing her disfigured face Bishamber Nath became angry and refused to marry. But later he agreed because  Bholi's father Ramlal offered him five thousand rupees.

Q) What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?

Ans) Bholi's mother prepared her for the school. She was bathed and oil was rubbed on her dry hair. Her matted hair were combed. After that she was given a clean dress to wear. Then Bholi believed that she was going to a better place than her home.

More questions for practice.

Q) How did the teacher help Bholi in telling her name?

Q) What happened when the school closed?

Q) How did Bholi's teachers play an important role in changing the course of her life?

Q) How did Bholi rebel against Bishamber Nath and why did she do so?

Q) Why was Bholi reluctant to go to school with her father?

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